FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Editorial

If Bill Shorten did not already have enough reason to announce appropriate transition periods for the implementation of FOFA and the Stronger Super legislation, he might ...

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Editorial

The Government seems determined to bring on parliamentary debate about the FOFA bills well before the May Budget but, as Mike Taylor reports, Financial Services Minister ...

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People & Products

Wealth management group Equiti Private Wealth announced it has appointed two senior financial advisers in Gregory Fuzi and Peter Sheather....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from the auditor of the failed Astarra Strategic Fund not to act as a registered company auditor....

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Editorial

The financial services industry is slowly losing its recruitment drive as economic and regulatory uncertainties linger. However, while some find it difficult to grow, oth...

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from the auditor of the failed Astarra Strategic Fund not to act as a registered company auditor....

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Editorial

It became apparent during the Parliamentary Joint Committee hearings held to review the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills that the legislation requires significant ...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that the likelihood of a bipartisan report and meaningful amendments emerging from the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills is becom...

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Policy & Regulation

The number of Australians receiving financial advice will double under the FOFA reforms while the number of advisers will remain stable, according to research commissione...

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Editorial

Three years have passed since the start of initial talks about the FOFA changes. The debate rolls on, but the financial services industry has received little clarity and ...

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Policy & Regulation

ASFA has pointed to "material differences" between what the Government has promised on FOFA and what is contained in its draft legislation....

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Editorial

Financial planning practices often need to use the services of legal professionals. Samantha Hills gives tips on how to find lawyers and work with them to achieve the bes...

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Financial planning

As part of a brand revamp, the Actuaries Institute has announced the appointment of David Goodsall as 2012 Institute president, John Newman as senior vice president and D...

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Financial planning

As part of a brand revamp, the Actuaries Institute has announced the appointment of David Goodsall as 2012 Institute president, John Newman as senior vice president and D...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that a number of submissions filed with the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills have revealed a serious disconnect between what the...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months 1 week ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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